Faye Winter breaks her silence on romance with fellow Love Island star Toby Aromolaran

Faye Winter has broken her silence over romance rumors with fellow Love Island star Toby Aromolaran.

The blonde beauty, 28, got tongues wagging after she was spotted dining with the 24-year-old in April, with whom she appeared in the 2021 series, just two months after she was shocked to split from Teddy Soares.

Faye and Toby also appeared together on the ITV2 reality show spin-off show Aftersun earlier this month, but she has now claimed they are just friends.

When asked by The sun if the friendship could develop into something more, she said: Absolutely not, that would just be weird. It’s so hard because once boys and girls are friends, it’s like… you have to remember that Toby was mine and Teddy’s friend.

“There would never be more than that – I’m just very grateful to him.”

In May, Faye revealed Faye exclusively to MailOnline the real reason behind her shock split with Teddy.

The former Love Island contestant who met her ex-boyfriend, 28, on the 2021 reality show, announced their “heartbreaking and difficult” divorce in February after a year and a half of dating.

And while the pair have kept quiet about the cause for months, Faye has finally spilled the beans in an exclusive interview with MailOnline.

Faye, the face of The Big Help Out campaign, confessed that they were both in “different places” and wanted opposite things, which strained their relationship.

She said: “It’s been very clear, especially over the past few months, we just wanted different things. We were just in different places.

“And you know, relationships… they’re hard, you know, they’re hard things to maintain. People go through divorce every day. People go through a broken heart every day.

“It’s just part of life and it’s a very difficult situation to go through. I am not done. I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready to reveal what completely happened between us because that’s between me and Teddy.

“But we just wanted very different things and, yeah, I think that’s become… you know, I wanted to continue my charity work and my service dog work.

And it’s just one of those things, unfortunately, and it’s sad. It will always be sad and he will always hold a very special place in my heart.

“But we just have to keep going and that’s hard because everyone wants to know, but at the same time we have to respect our own privacy and also respect each other’s.”

Teddy and Faye became parents to golden retriever Bonnie during their relationship, with the former financial advisor admitting he now “misses” the dog, who lives with the Devon native.

He previously told MailOnline: ‘[Faye] post the dog, which is very difficult because we shared it. I occasionally sniff to see the dog, she’s grown so much since I left in January.’

But when asked about his comments, Faye clapped back, claiming she “never” stopped Teddy from seeing Bonnie, vowing he’d take her for the weekend.

She said, “I’ve always said, and I’m going to stick to it, if Teddy ever contacts me, if it’s in a week, a day, two years, six months, he can see Bonnie.” I’ve never stopped him. I even asked him to come see her.

“So I really struggle with that because, you know, Bonnie is not something I would ever take away from him. She’s the most incredible little character and she’s helped me so much.

“If he misses her, he can see her. He knows the door is open for him to come see her, take her for the weekend, do whatever he wants.

“But yes, once that conversation arises or if he reaches out, then he absolutely can. It’s really no problem.’